Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-11

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/ The Press and Dakotaian's scrap from
the ancient history OF Iowa, giving the
process by which Iowa became state
in opposition to the terms prescribed by
congress, is conceded by the Sioux City
Journal of Thursday to be true. The
Journal has also been studying history
and from it's researches it enabled to
give its readers some interesting infor
nation relative to the acts of their an
oestors. After detailing the statehood
works of the pioneers OF Iowa the
Journal says:
| 1t Is q matter of history that the first
state legislature of Iowa actually assem-
bled at Iowa Oity, the seat of territorial
government, almost q month before
Iowa became state or before the act
| admitting Iowa as q state into the union
| was approved.
To which we can add. quoting from the
record, that the members of the legisla-
ture of Iowa who assembled at Iowa City,
as aforesaid, and the members Of the state
government-governo secretary OF
state, etc.--were ali elected in accord
anoe with the terms of q proclamation
issued by the governor of the territory
OF Iowa, without any authority whatever
from the government at Washington.
| Pursuing this subject from the point
of concession that Dakota really possess
es precedent for its proposed course,
| the Journal says:
The promoters OF the new scheme in
Dakota for statehood independent of
congress-on the basis of revolution, as
they admit-undertake to show that
Iowa osme into the union by
the same revolutionary methods
now proposed by Gen. Campbell tor Da-
kota. Waving the question of fact, 1t
would be singular Way to justify revolu-
tion now in Dakota, to show that Iowa
forty-two years ago was lucky enough
to avoid the consequences OF revolution +,
and to get the scquiescence OF congress
In matter which, without such acqui-
escence. might have involved trial Of
force. II such Was the fact, then the
people of Iowa assumed perilous risk.
The peril to which Iowa subjected
itself occurred forty-two years ago End
this is the first time any of its people
have deemed it worth their while to
tremble for the consequences. AS q
matter OF fact there was nothing in the
line of luck in the peaceful solution OF
the Iowa problem. 1t emerged from its
territorial condition through o constitu-
tlonal process, as We have demonstrated
in previous articles upon this subject.
Nor ls the case of Iowa an isolated one.
, Several other territories followed like
plan and the formation into states oi
the territories of Michigan, Tennessee
Oregon and Californis was through
processes far more Revolutionary
than the acts of Iowa. No "periIous
risk" attended the contamination Of
their efforts and they stepped quietly
into the uuion, in the legal and consti'
, tutional way, without any attempt &c
!, justify the revolutions" through which
their forms OF government were changed
In justification OF the course Of Iowa anc
/ in encouragement of o like course TO
Dakota the Journal holds that rubli,
. sentiment has changed during forty-tw'
ri
are not now in support OF th'
/ so-called Revolutionary" plan. We csr
, demonstrate that public sentiment il
!. Dakota is as strongly in favor of in
! dependent action as it was in Iowa dur
8 ing the period of the degradation o
8 that territory and that the conditions
: within our territory are entirely, favor
!. able to the proposed governmental trans
formation. Beyond this sentiments ant
o these conditions stand the law and th,
q constitution without the change OF /
9 syllable or letter in those sections AM
It phrases bearing upon the creation G
j. states from the territory of the Unite
Q States. These provisions come down
% Us intact from the day when low
n shook off its dependency an
a entered the domicile of the union. An
there is now no more danger to be in
n CURED through independent action tha
>. there was in the times of which we write
"a We are not unmindful of the fact tbs
:. Sioux City, in its commercial heart,
"a opposed to the admission of Dakota an
Il we are constrained to believe that bust
IL ness policy is powerful factor in til
a, construction OF arguments against tt
" contamination Of Dakota's propose
m plan. Dakota is developed just fl
8. enough to render it tributary to an low
ts commercial metropolis. A little mo-
b. Development, such as would come und,
at the impetus OF statehood, would give ,
,ls Dakota one or two commercial cente
r of its own and Sioux City would suff
.ic in business way from such develop
re ment. Hence it is good business polis
,e for Sioux City TO urge postponement
Of the day when Dakota trade shall depa
lv from its doors.
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